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Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406

The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.

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Thomas Jermyn 1482-1552

Paternal Family Tree: Jermyn

Thomas Jermyn and Anne Spring were married.

Before 1482 [his father] Thomas Jermyn [aged 28] and [his mother] Catherine Bernard were married.

Around 1482 Thomas Jermyn was born to Thomas Jermyn [aged 29] and Catherine Bernard.

Around 1502 George Waldegrave [aged 19] and [his future wife] Anne Drury [aged 20] were married.

In November 1504 [his father] Thomas Jermyn [aged 51] died.

In 1508 [his daughter] Margaret Jermyn was born to Thomas Jermyn [aged 26] and Anne Spring [aged 14]. She married 1530 William Clopton of Kentwell Hall and had issue.

In 1511 [his son] Ambrose Jermyn was born to Thomas Jermyn [aged 29] and Anne Spring [aged 17]. He married Anne Heveningham and had issue.

After 1528 Thomas Jermyn [aged 46] and Anne Drury [aged 46] were married.

In 1530 Thomas Jermyn [aged 48] was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.

In 1530 Thomas Jermyn [aged 48] was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk.

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Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and II Volume 2

The Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Volume 2, comprising A Sorrowful Commendation on King Edward, the Life of Edward II by a Monk of Bridlington, Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury and Life of Edward by Thomas de la More, presents a rich collection of medieval English chronicles illuminating the political, military, ecclesiastical and social upheavals of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The volume offers contemporary and near-contemporary accounts of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a period marked by war with Scotland, conflict between Crown and nobility, disputes over royal government, ecclesiastical tensions, rebellion, deposition and civil violence. Particular attention is given to the struggle surrounding Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster and the Despensers, as well as the turbulent final years of Edward II and the political circumstances that shaped the early reign of Edward III. These chronicles are especially valuable for their vivid narrative detail. They preserve speeches, political arguments, descriptions of battles and executions, accounts of parliaments and royal councils, reports of diplomatic missions, ecclesiastical controversies, prodigies and natural events, and contemporary judgements on the conduct of kings, magnates and churchmen. Written from differing institutional and regional perspectives, the texts reveal not only what happened but how medieval observers interpreted events, often through ideas of divine judgement, legitimate kingship, loyalty, treason and moral retribution. An important primary-source collection for readers interested in Edward I, Edward II, medieval politics, the Scottish wars, the baronial opposition, the fall of Edward II, church history and fourteenth-century England, Volume 2 provides an indispensable window into one of the most turbulent periods of the English Middle Ages.

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In 1530 [his son-in-law] William Clopton of Kentwell Hall [aged 21] and [his daughter] Margaret Jermyn [aged 22] were married.

On 10th March 1540 Thomas Jermyn [aged 58] was knighted by Henry VIII [aged 48].

In 1541 Thomas Jermyn [aged 59] was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk.

In 1541 Thomas Jermyn [aged 59] was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.

On 8th October 1552 Thomas Jermyn [aged 70] died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21st October 1552. The xxj day of October was the feneralle of a gentyll knyght, ser Thomas Jarmyn [deceased], the best housekeper in the contey of Suffoke, with ys standard and ys penone of armes, cot-armur, target, and sword, and skochyons; and he kept a godly chapel of syngyng men, for the contray have a gret loss of ys deth, as any contrey in England.

Note. P. 27. Funeral of sir Thomas Jermyn. Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 33 Hen. VIII. 1541. His brave housekeeping and goodly chapel of singing-men were kept at Rushbrooke hall, near Bury St. Edmund's, where his family had been seated from a very early period. He was the lineal ancestor of Henry Jermyn, created lord Jermyn of Edmundsbury by king Charles I. and earl of St. Alban's by Charles II.

On 8th June 1572 [his former wife] Anne Drury [aged 90] died.

Royal Descendants of Thomas Jermyn 1482-1552
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Thomas Jermyn 1482-1552

Grandfather: Thomas Jermyn

Father: Thomas Jermyn

Thomas Jermyn

Mother: Catherine Bernard